Eastman Kodak vintage roll film camera with bellows: I have come into possession of a Eastman Kodak bellows type roll film camera with Patent dates on body of 1905/1913. I am wondering...

Ernie J Photo

I have come into possession of a Eastman Kodak bellows type roll film camera with Patent dates on body of 1905/1913. I am wondering if anyone has any information on this camera. The bellows are still in good shape, and the manual shutter works properly, etc. I would like to know if it would possibly be worth anything to a antique camera collector ? Any information would be appreciated ! Thanks

largeformat Loc: Bend, Oregon

Hi: For what it is worth, excuse the pun, 99% of old cameras are worth next to nothing. The reason is they made so many of them. I have bought and sold camera's of all types and formats for over 40 years, and this judgement comes from experiance. Most of the older camera's make great conversation pieces. I hope this helps.

Ernie J Photo

I thought this might be the case. Thanks so much for your reply.

ianhargraves1066 Loc: NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Florida

Ernie J Photo wrote:

I have come into possession of a Eastman Kodak bellows type roll film camera with Patent dates on body of 1905/1913. I am wondering if anyone has any information on this camera. The bellows are still in good shape, and the manual shutter works properly, etc. I would like to know if it would possibly be worth anything to a antique camera collector ? Any information would be appreciated ! Thanks

Buy a roll of film and expose it and you might be suprised at the quality it will make!

Ian

sinatraman Loc: Vero Beach Florida, Earth,alpha quaudrant

SHUTTERBUG MAGAZINE has a help vcolum for photography questions send an email to them with a picture of the camera and as much detail information you can. there are price guides out there for collectiable cameras.

Rollo62 Loc: Memphis, TN

Just google it's name and model # & when you locate camera on lets say Wikipedia then do a search for it on ebay to see if one has been sold before. But as others have said, most have no value except as a conversation piece

Roger Hicks Loc: Aquitaine

As others have said, it's almost certainly worth next to nothing. To find out the format, open the back and measure it. Many of these old cameras used film sizes that disappeared decades ago: postcard and the like.

Cheers,

R.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Ernie J Photo wrote:

I have come into possession of a Eastman Kodak bellows type roll film camera with Patent dates on body of 1905/1913. I am wondering if anyone has any information on this camera. The bellows are still in good shape, and the manual shutter works properly, etc. I would like to know if it would possibly be worth anything to a antique camera collector ? Any information would be appreciated ! Thanks

I looked up mine on ebay, and it wasn't worth enough to bother trying to sell it. It came from my grandfather, and selling it for ten bucks isn't really an option. I have pictures that he took with it.

Grumpy D Stevens

Ernie J Photo wrote:

I have come into possession of a Eastman Kodak bellows type roll film camera with Patent dates on body of 1905/1913. I am wondering if anyone has any information on this camera. The bellows are still in good shape, and the manual shutter works properly, etc. I would like to know if it would possibly be worth anything to a antique camera collector ? Any information would be appreciated ! Thanks

I have several that I have gotten over the years, and they really don't have much monetary value. But as a grouping in a display in a cabinet or on a shelf they make great conversation pieces.
They allow new friends to learn more about you without seeming to be so nosey. They just ask about your old cameras and you can then tell them all about your great hobby / obsession!

jimni2001 Loc: Sierra Vista, Arizona, USA

I would guess it is a Brownie 3A. They sold new for about ten bucks when they were new and that is probably what they are worth now. I have a couple of different Brownie models and because they produced so many they are not worth much but they do make a great conversation starters though.

ALYN Loc: Lebanon, Indiana

This will not help much, but... I have a similar model circa 1920. Obviously its a roll film model. Thanks to a fellow hedgehog, I have some 120 sheet film. I also have a brownie with attached flash, circa 1950. Anyone interested ?
ALYN

wilsondl2 Loc: Lincoln, Nebraska

What is 120 sheet film? They still make 120 roll film. It's the size that you re roll on 620 spindles to make it work in old Kodak cameras. It is also the size of roll film many professional cameras use. - Dave

les_stockton Loc: Eastern Oklahoma

In most cases, the old cameras, especially Kodak, were mass produced and worth little on their own. However, if they were owned by a particular person (and this can be documented in some way), then it might hold some value. For instance, if a photo journalist from that era, one from a regional or national paper with some fame as a journalist, owned the camera, then it has some value.
I enjoy seeing those old cameras and have collected a small number here and there; nothing near what real collectors have amassed though.

RobertMaxey

Ernie J Photo wrote:

I have come into possession of a Eastman Kodak bellows type roll film camera with Patent dates on body of 1905/1913. I am wondering if anyone has any information on this camera. The bellows are still in good shape, and the manual shutter works properly, etc. I would like to know if it would possibly be worth anything to a antique camera collector ? Any information would be appreciated ! Thanks

Model number or pictures please. Lots of Kodak bellows cameras came and went. What size film does it take?

magalia_man-26

I had one about that time that I sold $45 for. aIt was not an ordinary Kodak as it had a Taylor Hobson Cooke lens that had rising and tilting bellows like a view camera. It took 116 film which I was able to get at a place Freeway film in Hollywood. The pictures were amazingly sharp.
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